Historical Events
1783 - Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US
1902 - Spanish King Alfonso XII, who was elected as a constitutional monarch, suspends the Cortes, Spain's parliament
1921 - Lord Dunsany's "If" premieres in London
1950 - Patty Berg wins LPGA Eastern Golf Open
1956 - Indianapolis 500: Pat Flaherty wins in 3:53:28.872 (206.785 km/h)
2015 - Namibia defeat Mozambique 2-0 to win the 2015 COSAFA Cup
Famous Birthdays
1888 - James A Farley, postmaster general (1932-38)
1903 - Countee Cullen, Balt Md, African American poet of the Harlem Renaissance (Black Christ and Other Poems)
1918 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
1943 - Gale Sayers, NFL running back (Chicago Bears), born in Wichita, Kansas
1976 - Magnus Norman, Swedish tennis player
1986 - Ashley Slaney, daughter of Olympians Mary Decker and Richard Slaney
Famous Deaths
1770 - François Boucher, French painter (b. 1703)
1791 - Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56
1946 - Louis Slotin, Canadian Physicist and Chemist at Los Alamos, dies of radiation poisoning at 35 (b. 1910)
1969 - Gaston Brenta, composer, dies at 66
1987 - Turk Murphy, jazz trombonist, dies at 71
1994 - Ezra Taft Benson, 13th head of Mormon Church, dies at 94
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